The percentage of U.S. Catholics who view the pope favorably, while still strong, is noticeably down.

The Synod of Bishops on young people opens on Wednesday, and for the first time in history, two bishops from mainland China will be in attendance.

The pope’s appeal to Catholics comes at a moment of great turbulence in his five-year pontificate.

Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by a Vatican court in 2011.

In this second document, Viganò confirms what was already evident to everyone: His real target is Pope Francis.

The spirit of Pope Francis will remain in the Baltic states for a long time to come.